Device for cutting bark from trees.



No. 875,391. PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907,

W. T. TINSLEY. DEVICE FOR CUTTING BARK PROM TREES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1906.

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DEVICE FOR CUTTING BARK FROM TREES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filed April 18, 1906 Serial No. 312.465,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM '1. TINsLEY, a citizen of the UnitedStatearesiding at Custer, in the county of Custer, State of SouthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forCutting Bark from Trees; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it af ppertains to make and use thesame. his invention relates to barkpeeling tools, particularly designedfor removing the bark from' felled trees.

The object of the invention is to provide '-a device which will removethe bark in a simple and ellicient manner.

Another object is to provide an adjustable peeling scraping blade.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 isa side'elevation. Fig. 2 is atop plan view. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the bladeand shanks are formed.

In the drawings, 1 represents the blade of the tool provided with thecutting edges 2 and 3, and the shanks 4 and 5. The shanks 4 and 5integral with the blade extend from opposite ends of the latter and arebent upwardly from the blade and then rearwardly being given a quartertwist about middle way oftheir lengths so as at their ends to extend ina plane at a right angle with the blade and are provided with the holes6 in their ends and with the arc-shaped slots 7 in the wider portion 8.

The blade 1 is secured to the handle 9 by bolts 10 11 which pass throughthe alining holes 6 and the alining slots 7, respectively. The bolt 11has a thumb-screw 12 disposed thereon, which can be readily. operated orsecured upon the bolt to draw the shanks tightly against the handle.

The blade can be adjusted with respect to the handle by moving it uponthe bolt 10 as a pivot and can be secured in its adjusted osition byoperating the thumb-screw. he idea of adjusting the blade is to make theimplement more convenient for a tall or short man, or to make it moreconvenient for a man to peel the timbers while in different positions,as standing upon the timber itself or upon the ground.

The blade having the cutting edges 2 and'3 on opposite sides thereof,can be used for peeling the bark from the timber by either drawing orpushing.

It is to be noted that the ends of the blade 1 fora very materialdistance inward from their edges 2 and 3 are free of obstructions of anykind or character. This is necessary in order that the edge of the blademay enter between the bark and the wood and peel the former fromthelatter. .If the edges of the blade were materially obstructed byupstanding or downwardly projecting features at the ends the devicecould not be operated effectively in peeling bark, particularly when thesame is bound to an appreciable degree to the wood. It will also benoted that my improved implement is particularly applicable to eelingthe bark from small timber and the imbs of trees, especially where thebarker is compelled to reach upward, and

where both a push and pull action is desirable.

What is claimed, is

A bark peeling instrument comprising a flat blade 1, integral shanks 4and 5 extended upwardly from opposite ends of the blade and thenrearwardly and convergently, said shanks, adjacent their rear ends,having a quarter twist, whereby said rear ends are disposed in planes atright angles to the blade, the rear ends of said shanks being formed attheir extremities with apertures,

and inwardly of said apertures with vertical arcuate slots, a handle, apivot bolt engaged through said handles and through said aper-v tures, abolt engaged throughsaid handle and said slot and an adjusting thumbscrew ghrl'eaded upon the end of said last named In testimony whereof, Iaflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM T. TINSLEY. Witnesses:

HENRY E. WAY, WILLIAM H. PALMER, Jr.

